Transformation from the Ottoman State to the Modern Republic of Turkey

The Renewal Party and Karakol

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ID21221981
AuthorsEvren Altınkaş (0000-0002-8254-978X, University of Guelph, corresponding author), Evren Altinkas
Year2021
Volume55
Issue1
Pages146-157
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2151-3481 • E-ISSN: 2329-3225
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rms.2021.48
OpenAlexW4285453068
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

After the end of WWI, the leaders of Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) established a political party, Renewal Party, and an underground organization, Karakol, in order to organize a resistance against the Allies and their presence in Ottoman territories. These institutions played an important role in the formation of national resistance in Anatolia before Mustafa Kemal's arrival in the region. The establishment of local resistance forces by former CUP members in Anatolia under the name of Renewal Party and the formation of a network in Istanbul to facilitate the smuggling of weapons, ammunition, former military officers, and Unionists to Anatolia were crucial for the formation of a national resistance movement to be organized under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal after May 1919. This article focuses on these two institutions and their role in Turkish National Struggle

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